Plumbing-fixture.



P. J. MADDEN.

PLUMBING FIXTURB.

APPLIOATION rILnn JULY 27,1909.

1,022, 147. Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

PATRICK J. MADDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PLUMBING-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Application filed July 27, 1909. Serial No. 509,912.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK J. MAnncN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Plumbing-Fixtures, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to the means for supporting the bowl of aurinal, or the bowl of a lavatory, a drinking fountain or, in short, anyother plumbing fixture which is not so wide as to require supportingfrom more than a single point, and which has a single outlet Openingadapted to be coupled with a single outlet pipe.

The invention is especially well adapted for urnals and I have thereforeselected this adaptation of it for the purposes of this application butwith the understanding that I reserve to myself the exclusive right touse it on any fixture for which it is adapted.

It is well known to those skilled in the art, tlat bowls made ofearthenware are frequently untrue, either by reason of imperfections inthe molding, or by reason of their being distorted in handling whilethey are still soft, or by reason of their warping while being baked,and it is also known that the wall brackets for supporting them are notalways secured to the wall in exactly proper vertical, alinement witheither the communicating ends or the horizontal portions of the inletand outlet pipe (either or both) or with the wall-openings through whichsaid pipes pass. One or more of these imperfections may make itnecessary to throw the bottom of the bowl to one side or the\ other inorder to bring its outlet Opening into register with the opencommunicating end of the outlet pipe. If the supporting wall bracket hasa straight, horizontal seat and the bowl a downwardly presented shoulderhaving a flat surface intended to bear thereon, this sidewise movementof the bowl will lift one end 'of its bearin surface of the shoulder outof contact with the seat on the bracket, and leave it in contacttherewith only at the other end, especially if the bearing surfacesextend a considerable distance in both directions from the verticalcentral line of the fixture, with the result that the overhanging lip onthe shoulder of the bowl which extends downward behind the upwardlyinclined seat on the' bracket, for reventin the forward movement of theowl, is frequently broken oil" or the bowl cracked by the unequalslrain.

The Object of the present invention is to provide supporting neans ofsuch construclionthat the lower part of the bowl nay be noved sidewiseswinging about the bracket as a pi\'ot a distance necessary toaccomplish the desired result, while naintaining an equal lirn hearingon the bracket seat from end to end.

To this end the invention consists in the features of novelty that arehereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawing, whichis made a part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in a vertical centralsection of a urinal having supporting means embodying the invention.Fig. 2 is a rcar elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevation of thesupporting wall bracket. 4 Fig. 4 is an elevation of the elastic packingwhich is interposed between the bracket and bowl.

A represeni's the bowl having inlet and outlet openings n, and a'located atits top and bottom, respectively.

B and B' are the inlct and outlet pipes which register with the openends of the inlet and outlet openings, respectivcly, and have portionswhich proceed laterally from the back of the bowl and through openings band b', respectively, formcd through the supporting wall or slab C. Thevertical back of the bowl is countersunk, being surrounded by a marginalrib or flange D, which bears against the vertical face of the wall, andwithin the countersink which results from this rib or flange, and nearits top has a downwardly presented shoulder in the form of anoverhanging lip A' formed on an are of a circle, the inner face of thelip being sloped or inclined downward and rearwarcl toward the wall,providing a bearing surface adapted to engage a complementary upwardlyand forwardly inclined circular seat e on a bracket E secured to thewall or slab C, a packing F of soft rubber being interposed betweenthem. The packing is molded so as to fit snugly over the seat on thebracket. That is to say eon- V Opening does not register with the outletpipe, the bowl may be shifted upon its seat on the bracket until they doregister, without disturbing the firm and continuous bearing of theshoulder of the bowl upon said seat. Furthermore, the bracket andshoulder are both short and disposed equally on opposite sides of thevertical center of the fixture, so that they engage each other firmlythroughout their entire length.

The invention is in no wise concerned with the locations of the inletand outlet openings or with the neans for forming tight oints betweenthem and the bowl.

The subject matter of the present application was shown described andclai ned, substantially, in a prior application which was filed by meDecember 21, 1907, under Serial No. 407,603.

l/Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is* 1. In aplumbing fixture, the combination. of a bowl having an outlet Openingand having at its back, above said outlet Opening, a single shoulderhaving a bearing surfacc forined on an are of a circle lying in a planesubstantially parallel with the general plane of the back of the bowl, asingle bracket hav ing a single upwardly presented seat for saidshoulder formed on an are complementary to the bearing surface of saidshoulder, whereby the bowl may be adj usted about the aXis of said are,and a support to which a bracket is fiXedly secured.

2. In a plumbing fixture the combination oi' an adjustable bowl havingat its bottom a centrally located discharge Opening and having at itsback, above said discharge Opening, a single downwardly presentedshoulder having a curved bearing surfaoe lying in a plane parallel withthe general plane of the back of the bowl, and a single bracket having asingle upwardly presented Curved bearing surface complementary to thatof the shoulder, said shoulder, bracket and outlet being located on thecentral vertical line of the bowl.

PATRICK J. MADDEN.

VVitnesses L. M. HorKINs, A. ARENSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtaned for five cents each, by adressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

